The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-09-22
DIRTY WORK.
Idiotic and Lying Campaign sIanders OF
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Idiotic and Lying Campaign SIanders Of
haas the Ohio State Journal, fat
The Obi State Journal Ia its isf ne Of
September 20. has undertaken (fOr 6
consideration, dOubtlees,) q cb8rscteTis-
tic piece OF HnseTupulOus political vii.
lAiny. Ii belongs to the class Of Jour
nails that do dirty work the dirtier the
more willingly and Opgenially) for
dirty wages. The occasion of Its latest
effort is as follows:
The Democratic Campaign Committee
has taken pains to put before the far.
merS OF Ohio complete and un9aTblPd
reprint IT Governor FOrakeT's Special
Mpsaag TO the Legislature, dated April
9. 1885, In which he urges that there be
"au immediate reVslustiOn of real es
tate on the ground that the present
valuation OF real estate rarely ex
cspds 70 per cent. and ranges
downward from that point as low
~ 20 per cent. OF It's true value"
The dissemination Of THE document
among those VIII m it directly concerns.
whose character and whose interests Il
attacks. has caused great Consideration
among the managers of that peculiar
kind OF Repu0lcanism which GOVerDO OF
Foraker ard his campaign committee
represent.
When men like the present State Rail
road Commissioner, the State Librarian,
the Governors Secretary and the Clerk
of the Supreme Court think 1t compsti.
ble with honor and common honesty to
draw salaries from the public treasury
while they are negleeting the public
services and devOti0g their time and en-
9rgv to conducting Governor F0raker's
pc s)nal campaign, there is no lower
ie . to which they can descend. Lying
fraud, forgery, any Other crime imagiD.
ed to be necessary to the attainment OF
the desired end, may be committed with
just as little COmpunction Of conscience
Indeed, to speak of conscience in such
connection is almost an abuse Of Ian
gusge. When, therefore, the State
Journal (Which was never known to
support anything, least of all the Re
publican ticket, until paid for III, comes
forward and pTin's the i'd tic charge
that the Democratic Campaign Commit.
tee has issued "mangled" editions OF
the Foraker message, changing words
aud figures, emitting and inserting
passages, to suit its party purpOs
es, land when the Columbus cor
respondents of the Cincinnati CONNER
cisl and the Cleveland Leader repeat
the charge In precisely the same Ian
gusge,) we may know that the thing was
trumped up In the eddled brains OF For.
sker, Cappeller and Company, and paid
for with good money at 80 much line,
The Foraker gang of Republicans feel
that they have been badly hurt in ten
der spot, and no amount of grimsCing
and lying on their part will serve to
cover up their patent fact.
The Democratic Committee has sent
out, and will continue to send ont, the
damning document In all its original
completeness, exactly ss 1t is printed In
the official record, the Journal of the
Ohio Senate for the session of 1885, on
pages 359 to 1853, without the omission,
change, or insertion Of single word,
figure, or punctuation mark. (The Sem
ate Journal can probably be found IL
the Cffiee Of every County A. ditOr In the
State, and any citizen mpy compare the
mt s5sge ss sent out by the ,emecratic
Committee with the Originally
II the exact and naked truth hurts
Governor Foraker, he has nobody 10
blame for 1t bat himself. And 1t will
net help him 10 have his henehmen lie
about 1t.